Provincial Zakat Council, Punjab gave approval to the release of Rs 126.1 Million under the head of educational scholarships (General) and religious scholarships in its 137th meeting held here today under the chairmanship of Secretary Zakat & Ushr Imran Nasir Khan.
Administrator Zakat & Ushr Muhammad Yousaf Butt, Deputy Administrator Zakat Field Rana Muhammad Sajjad Babar, Hafiz Fazal Rahim Ashrafi, Hafiz Zubair Ahmad Zaheer, Maulana Raghib Hussain Naeemi, Kh. Abdul Qayyum and representatives of Finance, Social Welfare and Local Government Departments were present on the occasion.
Secretary Zakat & Ushr while addressing the meeting said that approval has been given to the provision of a sum of Rs. 83.3 Million for 63292 deserving boy and girl
students of 1412 educational institutions of 23 districts of Punjab under the head of educational scholarships (General).
Similarly, approval has been granted for the release of a sum of Rs. 42.7 Million for the students of 177 seminaries in 15 districts of the province which will benefit 17347
students.
The meeting also granted approval to the release of Rs.
1.8 Million for the launching of new classes in Vocational Training Institute Jhang. It was decided that no recruitment will be made in future in Zakat & Ushr Department without advertising the vacancy.